Paul wrote his epistles before the Gospels were written all scholars agree. I know he knew the Christians, for instance he met Peter and James for sure.
It seems reasonable to me, too. I don't just have this opinion because my religion originated there, and have been oppressed since then. I have studied Iran myself independently. I am aware of a certain women that didn't properly have the right hijab who died in custody, and the futile protests...
It's hard to say. I lean towards it being too lenient about civility and respect, but I'm biased perhaps because of a few that are not civil and respectful about my religion. I own that that I don't report those who do this hardly at all. When I do report I don't know what action was taken, for...
He may end democracy in America. He has said things that plainly indicated that. You don't follow the news. He wants to unleash the Justice Department on his "enemies", he has said. He has said if he has to he will use the military on protesters. He is taking an isolationist kind of stance on...
You are part of the problem, not seeing Trump for what he is. A long time ago Baha'u'llah predicted:
"The promised day is come, the day when tormenting trials will have surged above your heads, and beneath your feet, saying: 'Taste ye what your hands have wrought!'"
(Shoghi Effendi, The...
He may not answer you. He posts rarely here. He prefers not to stir up discord I gather. What he said has started to stir up discord, and he may want to stop here.
Did you notice he was careful to say "he wasn't sure here"? Rather a sharp remark by you, don't you think? You saw someone doing the same to you in your mind probably.
I agree that he did change the course of Christianity. However I don't think that was his intention. It was later Christians that exalted his opinions to be equal to what Christ said, though not equal in station. They don't believe that he was equal in station. It's analogous to Abdu'l-Baha and...
Interesting thought I had today @Trailblazer. Maybe since Paul expected Christ to return in his lifetime, and I know that Paul wrote that before the Gospels were written, the scripture that seems to indicate that Christ was saying He would return in some people's lifetime was influenced by what...